NEW YORK (360Dx) – Instrumentation Laboratory has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for the GEM Premier 5000 analyzer with the Intelligent Quality Management 2 quality assurance system for use at the hospital point of care.

The firm said that the GEM Premier 5000 system provides results in seconds from whole blood treated with heparin, and measures several parameters, including blood gases, electrolytes, metabolites, and a full CO-Oximetry panel.